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Originally Posted by mikemhg
The developers are moving faster at putting up these condo's than our government is at attempting to improve this shitty infrastructure.
It's becoming infuriating to drive downtown for work, and I live right beside Brentwood Mall, which is a stones throw away from the downtown core.
It blows my mind how many entries into DT are becoming bogged and closed down due to condo development. It might take me 20-30 mins just to get to Clarke and Venables, then you can take on an additional 30 mins just to get into downtown to Pender/Thurlow area. It feels like our city planners almost don't want people to work downtown, or care that people actually commute there in the first place.
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Unless you're talking about a freeway through the city of Vancouver (which the city tried to build in the 1970s, but were forced to back away after strong protests), what can city planners do with the current road system?
The politicians are reluctant to upset detached home owners (since they vote), so they have no choice but to rezone underutilized commercial and industrial lands for high-density development.
I drove from the Brentwood area to my office in the core for over a year. It sucked for the most part which is why I started biking. Unless you're carpooling or using your car for business purposes, it doesn't make a lot of sense to drive from that part of town since Skytrain is right there.
The city planners actually want people who live downtown to work downtown. It works well until people hit their 30s and want to start families. 800 square feet doesn't go a long way, and neither does shopping for overpriced produce at IGA, or Nestor's.